Rachel calls them "cups"...apparently, in her mind, anything you can drink out of is a cup.

I, however, ask her if she wants to "snuggle" when I offer and she knows very well what snuggle means, so I'm hoping that will be the word she will settle on down the road...or something similar. I just about socked my husband the one day he called them "boobies" in front of her and then she repeated it and giggled...that is the last thing I want her yelling in a store!

Rachel calls them "cups"...apparently, in her mind, anything you can drink out of is a cup.

I, however, ask her if she wants to "snuggle" when I offer and she knows very well what snuggle means, so I'm hoping that will be the word she will settle on down the road...or something similar. I just about socked my husband the one day he called them "boobies" in front of her and then she repeated it and giggled...that is the last thing I want her yelling in a store!

Odin calls them "ta-ta's" or "ta's." For all other forms of drink, he usually says "cup" unless he specifically wants juice then he'll say "juice." He also says "cup" when he wants a cup of water to play with.

Odin calls them "ta-ta's" or "ta's." For all other forms of drink, he usually says "cup" unless he specifically wants juice then he'll say "juice." He also says "cup" when he wants a cup of water to play with.

Ei only signs to nurse, and that is that she uses the 'food' sign and taps my collarbone. I will ask Ei if she wants to "nurse," and her only reply is in sign. She's a little behind on verbal skills, I think, and doesn't really have words for lots of things yet - the only words she consistently uses every day is DOG, DUCK and DAD.

Ei only signs to nurse, and that is that she uses the 'food' sign and taps my collarbone. I will ask Ei if she wants to "nurse," and her only reply is in sign. She's a little behind on verbal skills, I think, and doesn't really have words for lots of things yet - the only words she consistently uses every day is DOG, DUCK and DAD.

Caeden was totally ahead on verbal skills, but walked WAY later than Ei... I remember seeing video of her walking and he was just barely starting to cruise! Now he never stops talking, but I can't understand more than half of what he says... He's started making animal noises though, which I think is the most adorable thing ever. He'll say "Moo" and "Neigh" and "Baa" :D lol! Dogs say "Uf" (they used to be "Ba, ba!") Cracks me up :)

... Why duck?

Caeden was totally ahead on verbal skills, but walked WAY later than Ei... I remember seeing video of her walking and he was just barely starting to cruise! Now he never stops talking, but I can't understand more than half of what he says... He's started making animal noises though, which I think is the most adorable thing ever. He'll say "Moo" and "Neigh" and "Baa" :D lol! Dogs say "Uf" (they used to be "Ba, ba!") Cracks me up :)

We say "nummies", but that has several variations for Leo. He'll say anything from "nummy" to "mommy", "mummy", "mum mum", "mama", "nunny", or, recently, "money." Apparently as long as there is an "m" or an "n" in there somewhere, it means he wants to nurse!

We say "nummies", but that has several variations for Leo. He'll say anything from "nummy" to "mommy", "mummy", "mum mum", "mama", "nunny", or, recently, "money." Apparently as long as there is an "m" or an "n" in there somewhere, it means he wants to nurse!

"Money" really, really cracks me up :D Caeden originally called nursing "mama" - it was his all purpose word for about a month, then when he was 9 months it was suddenly "noms" ... this whole "di" and "Juice" thing is sort of throwing me for a loop lol

"Money" really, really cracks me up :D Caeden originally called nursing "mama" - it was his all purpose word for about a month, then when he was 9 months it was suddenly "noms" ... this whole "di" and "Juice" thing is sort of throwing me for a loop lol

I unfortunatly had to wean my daughter at about 10 months (she will now be two next week...) but the other day I was getting dressed and shirtless. She kind of stared at me for a minute, pointed at my chest and said "ball!". She was quite proud of herself and kept calling them balls (I'm pregnant and they've gotten a bit bigger!). When I put my bra on, she put up her hands and said, "where'd they go?". She had me laughing for a while...

I unfortunatly had to wean my daughter at about 10 months (she will now be two next week...) but the other day I was getting dressed and shirtless. She kind of stared at me for a minute, pointed at my chest and said "ball!". She was quite proud of herself and kept calling them balls (I'm pregnant and they've gotten a bit bigger!). When I put my bra on, she put up her hands and said, "where'd they go?". She had me laughing for a while...

We spent a month in Peru when Marisol was 10 months old and she heard the word "teta' or "tetita" there - both which mean boob or boobie in Spanish. She used to sign when she wanted to nurse now it is just teta. Luckily there are too many Spanish speakers where I live but it used to be quite obvious what her intention was as she would practically rip the shirt off of me to get to them.

Sadly I think our nursing relationship is coming to an end. I have been following the 'don't ask - don't offer' method of weaning. I went back to work in February full-time and our nursing was typically in the early morning or first thing in the morning - occassionally in the early evening. Last night was the first time she asked in almost 4 nights and she was only latched on for a two minutes or so. There is not much there so she looses interest quickly. I am happy to get my body back and am pleased to have had 20 beautiful months but it is sad to see that she is almost ready to stop. The word teta will always have a special place in my heart.

We spent a month in Peru when Marisol was 10 months old and she heard the word "teta' or "tetita" there - both which mean boob or boobie in Spanish. She used to sign when she wanted to nurse now it is just teta. Luckily there are too many Spanish speakers where I live but it used to be quite obvious what her intention was as she would practically rip the shirt off of me to get to them.

Sadly I think our nursing relationship is coming to an end. I have been following the 'don't ask - don't offer' method of weaning. I went back to work in February full-time and our nursing was typically in the early morning or first thing in the morning - occassionally in the early evening. Last night was the first time she asked in almost 4 nights and she was only latched on for a two minutes or so. There is not much there so she looses interest quickly. I am happy to get my body back and am pleased to have had 20 beautiful months but it is sad to see that she is almost ready to stop. The word teta will always have a special place in my heart.

There are definitely worse things to call nursing than boobies now that I give it more thought...I think I have just been trying to come up with a more subtle name for it, because Rach is about the least discreet nurser ever. She hums and sings and looks side to side to smile and laugh at everyone around. I nurse uncovered because she will take a blanket and ball it up and wave it around anyway. Plus, I want to send the message to other people that nursing is normative.

But despite my best efforts, it still makes me pretty self conscious sometimes...

There are definitely worse things to call nursing than boobies now that I give it more thought...I think I have just been trying to come up with a more subtle name for it, because Rach is about the least discreet nurser ever. She hums and sings and looks side to side to smile and laugh at everyone around. I nurse uncovered because she will take a blanket and ball it up and wave it around anyway. Plus, I want to send the message to other people that nursing is normative.

But despite my best efforts, it still makes me pretty self conscious sometimes...

Awww. I thought about trying to get him to say it in Spanish but he's picking his own words lol... Agua is in Spanish, Hola is in Spanish, but he also says "Hi"... it sort of cracks me up which ones are in Spanish and which are in English.

I'm seriously dreading weaning. I know it's silly, it'll have to happen at some point, and we're not there yet (he's not even 16 months), but it's a sort of niggling dread in the back of my mind. Even now he's nursing less and less often, and sometimes doesn't even want to nurse at noon when I go see him at daycare. :-( It's funny, because it hurt so much at first that I hated it and told myself we'd just get to 1 year, and that was enough, and now I know I'll miss it so much!

Awww. I thought about trying to get him to say it in Spanish but he's picking his own words lol... Agua is in Spanish, Hola is in Spanish, but he also says "Hi"... it sort of cracks me up which ones are in Spanish and which are in English.

I'm seriously dreading weaning. I know it's silly, it'll have to happen at some point, and we're not there yet (he's not even 16 months), but it's a sort of niggling dread in the back of my mind. Even now he's nursing less and less often, and sometimes doesn't even want to nurse at noon when I go see him at daycare. :-( It's funny, because it hurt so much at first that I hated it and told myself we'd just get to 1 year, and that was enough, and now I know I'll miss it so much!

Duck, I think, because she has a lot of duck toys, though it's unintentional. Her ONLY bath toy for a long time was a rubber ducky. And then at her birthday party she got a few more bath toys, one of them being a duck that's all cotton and has a scrubby part so you can use it to wash LO with it.

She also has a duck push toy.....and a few books with ducks as the main characters. LOL Though she still gets mad if you correct her and say "Chicken" when she wants to tell you it's a duck...

Duck, I think, because she has a lot of duck toys, though it's unintentional. Her ONLY bath toy for a long time was a rubber ducky. And then at her birthday party she got a few more bath toys, one of them being a duck that's all cotton and has a scrubby part so you can use it to wash LO with it.

She also has a duck push toy.....and a few books with ducks as the main characters. LOL Though she still gets mad if you correct her and say "Chicken" when she wants to tell you it's a duck...

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